Is it a mug rug?

Good morning everyone!

What a glorious sunny day it is here in the North East of England. I hope you are all well and that crafting is keeping you happy. For me, it’s just been work, work, work these last couple of months so I’m very pleased to be back here with my crafty friends at last.

I finally had a day off yesterday and decided to finish a little project that I’d started weeks ago. Those of you who read this blog regularly will know that I don’t like scraps of fabric. If I make something, I cut the pieces in the most economical way and often achieve no-waste projects. It takes an awful lot of planning but the pleasure I get from having used every square inch of available fabric makes me very happy.

So, not having any particular project in mind, I decided to get rid of a few scraps. I had several strips of blues leftover from bindings so I split them up the middle and began to sew them together not knowing what it was going to turn into. Before long I had two different rectangular blocks that I thought would make a nice mug rug or maybe a mini quilt table topper.

It is actually rectangular in real life .

Well, just before the binding was sewn on I had a brainwave (which doesn’t happen to me very often). My tablet could do with a case! So I turned it over, grabbed some more scraps, made a lined pocket and HEY PRESTO! It’s a tablet case .

I also added a fabric tie.

Look at that wobbly edge at the bottom. That happened because I stretched the front block as I was attaching the lining . I used nice thick wadding/batting to protect the screen.

I think I like the back the best.

Here’s my tablet, all snug as a bug in a (mug) rug .

Some of you may remember my previous scrappy playtimes. Here’s a quick reminder.

All proof that you can make it up as you go along. Have fun scrap busting! I did .

Normally, if there are small scraps in a project, I throw them out as I go. With this latest one, I’m loving the fabrics so much I don’t want to waste any, so I’m collecting all the snippets and small scraplets and may end up making some sort of collage-y object. Anything bigger will go into the usable scrap boxes for scrap quilt making. I love your scrap projects, and I think one of these days I’m going to follow your lead and actually use some of mine!

Hi Avis! I’m so happy to hear you have had time for sewing! You had perfect idea to make a tablet case with the Mini quilt! Also the embroidery/sewing kit and pincushion are so beautiful! I just love mug rugs matching with mugs! x Teje

Cathie64

Nice job. Very freeing to just start putting those pieces together. I felt that way last winter when I worked on my “artful oven mitts”. That sure cleared out a basket of leftover bits. This proves you don’t have to start with a plan, the plan will come to you! It also proves that if you have the least little bit of sewing experience; you don’t need a pattern for your tablet case, or your pin cushion or needle case. Vision and a rotary cutter and seam ripper. Nice job. Love the blues.

I’m putting them to all good use! All this creativity has paid off 🙂 Thanks for the comment. There are obviously some crafts that take longer than others and I’m in the process of a long project, which could take a couple of years to get exactly how I want it (maybe I should start a separate blog for that to record my progress?!)

That’s so kind of you. However, I’m not accepting any more awards on my blogs because of my lack of free time to post about them. Please don’t be offended. It certainly isn’t my intention and I’m very pleased that you thought about nominating my blog 🙂